Fire and Rain
Rain pours down on the scorched ruins of what was, until just a few weeks ago, a refuge for thousands of people displaced inside the volatile North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of ...
War, Sex and Survival
The 17-year-old girl – I’ll call her Juliette – unrolls a condom in front of a dozen women at the community centre in Lushebere camp, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). What she teaches ...
The Nun and the Imam
Sister Maria Concetta walks out of the labour room with a newborn baby in her arms and rushes through the corridors in search of a bed. The child is one of over 20,000 she has ...
Cash grants transform life in Congo camp for Central African Republic refugees
MOLE REFUGEE CAMP, Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 3 (UNHCR) – The market in Mole refugee camp was buzzing on a recent Saturday morning, with stalls selling everything from fish, goat meat, cassava ...
Angola Repatriation: Antonio returns home after 40 years in DR Congo
When Antonio last stood in his home village of Kwilu, Angola was a colony of Portugal on the verge of becoming independent.